Political Quotes

“I am very proud to join with my colleagues tonight. I thank the Senator from Virginia, the Senator from New Hampshire, and other colleagues who are here to speak out and talk about common sense and what is happening and what we believe should be happening for the American people. In Michigan, we are building a new bridge, and Canada is paying for it. That is the truth. Canada is paying for a bridge in Michigan. Here in Washington, President Trump is demanding walls that he is expecting American taxpayers to pay for--walls that the majority of experts and the majority of people do not believe will be effective in keeping us safe. Meanwhile, in Michigan hundreds of Customs and Border Patrol officers, who keep us safe every day, are working without pay, and that is wrong. The President says we need more security. I support strong border security, as my colleagues do--strong, effective border security. I also support economic security for hard-working Michigan families. Some Federal employees in Michigan, as other colleagues have spoken about, are wondering how they are going to support their families, pay their mortgages, and keep the heat on without the paychecks they are supposed to receive on Friday. President Trump is talking about a humanitarian crisis. Here is a humanitarian crisis: 38 million people who depend on food assistance-- the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program--to keep food on their tables now have to worry that it might suddenly be gone.…”